To respond in part to Lisa Silverman's question:
- When was the practice of wearing knitted or patterned kippot begun in
North America?
I recall this issue being addressed in a Jewish history university course I
took in the early 2000s. It appears to have become more widespread and overt
How interesting that this issue is surfacing for discussion again. I
remember and AJL Conference from many years ago that I attended where there
was a discussion with publishers of children's books. I believe there were
3 or 4 speakers representing various publishing houses. One of the speakers
Interesting article
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On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 10:22 AM Da
I am a librarian at a Reform congregation. The library has a collection of
kippot from bar/bat mitzvah and wedding celebrations. I don't know the
practice of individuals. In classes some wear a kippah and some don't. I
was hoping to do an historical analysis of styles, but I don't have enough
No answers but found that Pew Research is also conducting kippah research
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I am a Reform Jew. I would say there are not many Reform Jews who wear
kippot in public but some do for teaching, shul and maybe at other times.
There certainly are lots of Reform Jews of both genders who wear kippot and
tallit at services. There may be some Reform rabbis who wear them in
public,
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Have a good night,
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